Deaths caused by HIV disease under-reported in South Africa

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1600-1602

  Yudkin, Patricia L ^a   Burger, Elsie H ^b,e   Bradshaw, Debbie ^c   Groenewald, Pam ^c   Ward, Alison M ^a   Volmink, Jimmy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^e Department of Pathology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649117174     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832d4719     Document Type: Article

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